The tornado that tore through North Auckland early this week left one person dead and insurers still assessing the damage.
The unexpected twister sent several badly injured people to hospital, tore the roof from a shopping mall, took rooves from smaller building and some houses and blew cars and vans upside down.
However, insurers were still assessing property, motor vehicle and other personal lines damage late yesterday.
Early estimates of damage were in the low millions with insured loss below that.
The tornado was recorded at reaching a speed of 200kph in its 5km path before clearing the city after its 5 minutes blow.
New Zealand has about 20 tornadoes a year but seldom as strong as the latest.
source: John Heath – InsuranceNewsAustralia.com
